Laura Chinchilla | |
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![]() Official portrait, c. 2010 | |
46th President of Costa Rica | |
In office 8 May 2010 – 8 May 2014 | |
Vice President | Alfio Piva Luis Liberman |
Preceded by | Óscar Arias |
Succeeded by | Luis Guillermo Solís |
First-Vice President of Costa Rica | |
In office 8 May 2006 – 8 October 2008 | |
President | Óscar Arias |
Preceded by | Lineth Saborío Chaverri |
Succeeded by | Alfio Piva |
President pro tempore of CELAC | |
In office 28 January 2014 – 8 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Raúl Castro |
Succeeded by | Luis Guillermo Solís |
Minister of Justice and Grace | |
In office 8 May 2006 – 8 October 2008 | |
President | Óscar Arias |
Preceded by | Patricia Vega Herrera |
Succeeded by | Viviana Martín Salazar |
Minister of Public Security | |
In office 30 March 2008 – 14 April 2008 | |
President | Óscar Arias |
Preceded by | Fernando Berrocal Soto |
Succeeded by | Janina del Vecchio Ugalde |
In office 12 November 1996 – 8 May 1998 | |
President | José María Figueres |
Preceded by | Bernardo Arce Gutiérrez |
Succeeded by | Juan Rafael Lizano Sáenz |
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica | |
In office 1 May 2002 – 30 April 2006 | |
Preceded by | Guido Monge Fernández |
Succeeded by | Evita Arguedas Maklouf |
Constituency | San José (13th Office) |
Vice Minister of Public Security | |
In office 8 May 1994 – 12 November 1996 | |
President | José María Figueres |
Succeeded by | Óscar Albán Chipsen |
Personal details | |
Born | Laura Chinchilla Miranda 28 March 1959 San José, Costa Rica |
Political party | National Liberation Party (until 2022) Independent (2022-present) |
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Children | 1 |
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Laura Chinchilla Miranda (Spanish: [ˈlawɾa tʃinˈtʃiʝa miˈɾanda]; born 28 March 1959[1]) is a Costa Rican political scientist and politician who served as President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice.[2] She was the governing PLN candidate for president in the 2010 general election, where she won with 46.76% of the vote on 7 February.[3] She was the eighth woman president of a Latin American country and the first and so far only woman to become President of Costa Rica.[4] She was sworn in as President of Costa Rica on 8 May 2010.[5][6]
After leaving office, she taught at Georgetown University in 2016.[7] Chinchilla is co-chair of the Inter-American Dialogue think tank and the vice-president of Club de Madrid. Chinchilla previously served as a Fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.[8]